College Academics

Here is a link to the PowerPoint that Mr. Perrott presented in class today.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/94664812/College-Academics

Cap & Gown Photos

To be taken during 1st period.  Gentlemen, be sure to where a white shirt and tie.  Report to the cafeteria entrance at your assigned time. 

 

Monday, May 21st 

AP Students

Tuesday, May 22

8:05        Mohamed M., & Myriam M., Amine T.

8:15        Youssef M. & Ghita R.

8:25        Ahmed R. & Yassir W.

Wednesday, May 23

8:05        Ghita A., Maroune A., Hamza B.

8:15        Bachir B., Yassine B.,  Zakaria B.

8:25        Leila B., Soukaina C., Amine E.

8:35        Salim E., Mouna E., Rita E.

Thursday, May 24

8:05        Kenza E. , Othmane F., Ismail G.

8:15        Meryem G., Anissa H., Ibrahim H.

8:25        Chouaib H, Yassine J., Ikram L

8:35        Mourab L., Ghali L., Khadija M.

Friday, May 25th - Senior Class Photo @ 8:10 - Seniors wear jeans and a white shirt.  

Important Senior Dates to Remember

May 21^st - Seniors will find out if they are exempt from exams (must have an 80% overall to be exempt)

May 25^th - last day of classes for seniors

May 28^th – 30^th Senior Exams

            28^th     8-9:30            Government

                        9:45-11:15    English

            29^th     8:00-9:30       Math

                        9:45-11:15    U.S. History

            30^th     8:00-9:30       Science

                        9:45-11:15    Language

May 30^th - June 3^rd Senior Trip

            Meet at the airport at 1:30

           

 June 4-6  Pay financial obligations to school (will not get caps and gowns until this is completed).  This includes a graduation deposit of 600dhs (300 back if cap and gown is returned).

June 7^th Graduation Practice 4 pm-6pm.  Pizza to follow

June 8^th   Senior Breakfast 8:30-10

                  Graduation Practice to follow

June 9^th   GRADUATION

                   Be at school no later than 4 pm.

Cooking Tips

1. Simple conversions for metric to standard can be done online.  
2. The Internet is a great resource for recipes and tips.
3. Buy a good cookbook that has all the basics, like Betty Crocker, Better Homes and Garden or any basics book.
4. Watch cooking shows to learn tips.  Watch people cook.
5. Wash your hands with hot water and soap after dealing with meat.  Clean anything that raw chicken or poultry has touched especially well to avoid salmonella.
6. Make sure your chicken or poultry is white all the way through.  If it is pink, it is not done.
7. If meat smells bad, it's bad.  Do not eat it!  Throw it away. 
8. If you are not going to use meat that day or the next, freeze it.  Put it in a good sealed bag to avoid freezer burner.  Meat will last months in your freezer, versus a few days in your fridge.  
9. Once you defrost meat you have to cook it; meat goes bad when it is defrosted and refroze raw. 
10. Be adventurous, you don't have to stick to the recipe exactly.  Experiment, that's how you learn and find what you like and don't like. 

Here are some links for easy recipes:
http://www.seventeen.com/college/freshman/recipes-for-college-students - has 20 good recipes
health.iupui.edu/docs/SALC%20Cookbook.pdf - Found this great cookbook you can download, made for College Students
http://www.studentcook.co.uk/CookingBasicsCategory.html - I liked this site a lot, has a great overall list of basic tips of cooking.

My favorite cooking websites:
http://allrecipes.com/ - I especially love the comment section where people say what works and doesn't, how they've changed the recipe, etc. 
www.cooks.com
www.foodnetwork.com

Final Senior Trip Letter in French

Here is the senior trip letter in French - http://www.scribd.com/doc/93657948/Senior-Final-Letter-FR

College Budget Project

Be sure to turn your assignment in with a weekly rubric sheet.

Here is the detailed assignment I gave you in class.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/92976010/College-Budget-Project

Link to the ABC clip and website with useful links:  http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/MellodyHobson/back-school-college-budget-students/story?id=11462862

Due, Wednesday March 23rd. 

Senior Trip - Canary Islands are a Go!

Hi Seniors.  I got some good news today.  The new airline that flies to the Canary Islands has a little cheaper price and it flies direct from Casablanca.  The trip to the Canary Islands can still happen!  The total for the trip will be 6000 dhs (4000 you have already paid, so just an additional 2000 dhs, remember we can do some scholarship). 

Several people have backed out of the trip, please confirm with me if you are not going.  I only have listed below people who ARE going.  If your name is on the list and you do not plan to go, you must tell me immediately.  Please look over the attached letter with your parents for detailed information.

There have been a few changes.  One is the dates of the trip.  Due to the fact that the new airline only flies on certain days, we had to alter the trip.  We will leave on Wednesday, May 30th and return Sunday, June 3rd.  Pending approval, you will still have Monday off.

I really need to send an email to confirm flights tomorrow (Tuesday), so please let me know so we can get this plane tickets, the plane tickets are only 3330 dhs. 

Senior Trip Update in English  http://www.scribd.com/doc/90820123
Senior Trip Update in French  http://www.scribd.com/doc/90820154

1.     Adil Skalli	19.  Anissa Hdija
2.     Ahmed Rizekallah	20.  Anitika Sharma
3.     Amine Elamrani Joutey	21.  Annie Lottman
4.     Amine Tazi	22.  Ghita Arib
5.     Hamza Benjelloun	23.  Ikram Lahrach
6.     Idriss Touimi Benjelloun	24.  Ines Bellamine
7.     Ismail Gacimi	25.  Kenza Errabi
8.     Mohamed Milud	26.  Meryem Benkirane
9.     Mourad Lahrach	27.  Mouna El Jamali
10.  Othmane Fadil	28.  Myriam Moundir
11.  Salim Daif	29.  Selma Benmakhlouf
12.  Salim El hannach	30.  Jelena Dakovic
13.  Yadir Lakehal	31.  Khadija Mohammed
14.  Yassine Benkirane
15.  Yassine Joundy
16.  Mohamed Houtti
17.  Yassir Wahbi
18.  Marouane Asli
Chaperones:
Mr. Bryce Bohne
Ms. Crystal DeLong
Ms. Amanda Hamilton
Ms. Catherine Young

Senior Trip Update

Here is a link to the English version of the Senior Trip Update letter.  I'll have the printed copy with a French translation for you soon.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/88097040/Senior-Trip-Update

Week 25: Presentation Night Rubric

Your assignment for this week consists of two parts, a plan and a rubric.

1)  Your plan for presentation night

• Write out in essay format what you are going to do.
• Minimum of one page
• All Capstone formatting rules apply
• Describe what items you will need and what you will actually do that evening

2) A rubric designed by you that a grader will use to evaluate your presentation.  It should be worth 50 points and done in a table format.  Refer to your notes from class for more details. 

This is due on Wednesday, April 4, 2012.  Be sure to attach your printed plan and rubric.

Mr. Bohne's Amazing Documentary on Thailand & Buddhism

Take a break from working on Capstone and watch these great videos!

Part I


Part II


Part III


Part IV

Final Paper Format

Your final paper should be turned in by 3:30 pm on Monday, March 26, 2012.  There are no papers accepted after 3:30 pm.  This assignment cannot be turned in late; however, it can be turned in early.

Your paper should be bound in the following manner:

• Plastic Cover
• Title Page
• Abstract
• Paper
• Color Page Divider
• Week 10 Assignment 
• Color Page Divider 
• Style Guide
• Color Page Back cover

You may include a table of contents, but that is completely optional and you will receive no extra points for doing so.

*You must turn in TWO (2) bound copies.  The second one only need contain your final paper with the cover page and abstract.  It should also have a plastic cover and back cover page.

Week 22: Abstract

Write an abstract for your Capstone paper, that will be part of your final paper.  Your abstract should be one paragraph and include the following information:

• Why should we care about your issue?  (You could possibly include your thesis question)
• Your thesis statement (bold-face)
• How did you go about your research?
• Your results/findings/conclusion

All normal formatting rules apply, double-spaced, written in third person, none of the "this paper will"; except your paragraph should NOT be indented.  

Helpful links:
Purdue Owl  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
University of Berkeley:  http://research.berkeley.edu/ucday/abstract.html
My sample cover page and abstract: http://www.scribd.com/doc/85015600/Cover-Page-Abstract

This is due Monday, March 19th. 

Final Capstone Paper Rubric

Here is the link to the final rubric that will be used to grade your finished Capstone paper.  I will go over the elements required for the binding, title page and abstract next week. 


http://www.scribd.com/doc/84070693/Rubric-Final-Capstone-Paper

Week 21: Week 4 of Writing

This assignment is due Monday, March 12, 2012.

• Continuing to write prose for your Capstone final paper, adding 750 words this week, to have a total of 3000 words at the end of this week
• Includes intext citations and a bibliography (do not turn anything in to your advisor without intext citations)
• If you are getting close to 4000 words or over 4000 words, you need to speak with me.   No one should be significantly over 4000 words.  Remember part of the assignment is also learning how to fit your writing into the teacher's parameters.  
•  This week also think about where you could add a chart, table, or visual image that would support your writing. 
• This should be your final week of writing; we will have 2 more weeks for final revisions and edits. 

Week 20: Week 3 of Writing

This assignment is due Monday, March 5, 2012.

• Continuing to write prose for your Capstone final paper, adding 750 words this week, to have a total of 2250 words at the end of this week
• You should be adding on to last week's assignment for one large combined paper
• Includes intext citations and a bibliography (do not turn anything in to your advisor without intext citations)

I'll be back to school on Thursday.  Email me with any questions cdelong@gwa.ac.ma

Remember you'll be in the computer lab on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  We'll work in the classroom on Thursday and Friday. I'll post this week's plagiarism participants on the board on Thursday when I return.  

I'm outlining my 5,000 word paper this weekend, so I can not only sympathize, but truly empathize as you work on your final paper.  Just think, you only have these last two weeks of major writing, then its just editing!

Week 19: Week 2 of Writing

This assignment is due Monday, February 27th.

• Continuing to write prose for your Capstone final paper, adding 750 words this week, to have a total of 1500 words 
• You should be adding on to last week's assignment for one large combined paper
• Includes intext citations and a bibliography (do not turn anything in to your advisor without intext citations)
• Be sure to double check your reference page for any errors

Week 18: Week 1 of 4 of Writing

Assignment in due on Monday, February 20, 2012

• Write approximately 750 words of text (not including citations)
• Includes intext citations and bibliography page
• By Wednesday, submit a first draft to your advisor

So What & Who Cares

Part of your Week 17 assignment is to answer the questions "so what" and "who cares"? 

Here are some template ideas taken from They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein  (pages 95 - 96, 98-99). 

"Who Cares"= Who does it Matter to?

• This interpretation challenges the work of earlier researches, who have long to assume that _______.
• These findings challenge the work of earlier researchers, who tended to assume that _______.
• At first glance, teenagers might say __________, but on closer inspection __________.

"So What" = Why it Matters

• Although _______ may seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in terms of today's concern over _______.
• If we are right about ________, then major consequence follow for ________.
• Although ______ may seem of concern to only a small group of _______, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about _________.

Week 17 - Outlining

Due Date: FRIDAY, February 3, 2012

Assignment:  Building upon your skeletal outline of Week 14, develop an outline of significant detail that is able to support a 3,000 word paper.  Be sure to include: thesis question, thesis statement, "so what" and "who cares", cover arguments that develop and support your thesis.  Everything should be in proper Capstone Format.

You do not need to turn your final outline in to me and your advisor will give you an actual numeric grade on this week's assignment.  As always, the advisor will need to explain how you exceeded the expectations to receive higher than an 85. 

Look back at Week 14 if you need to see previous samples, and I've attached the one we started to work on in class to give you an idea of how to expand your skeletal outline.   You can view it here:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/79840536/Week-17-Sample

Online Journals

The link below includes a great list of Open Access (i.e. free!) peer-reviewed journals on a lot of different subjects.  It doesn't have any kind of search engine, so students will have to search in each journal - but still, for those kids who are having a hard time finding scholarly journals, this is another source.

Ms. Bergstrom

http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/dean/peer_reviewed.htm

Also this one is open access  http://www.doaj.org/

Week 16: Notecards

This is your last week of official note-taking.  You obviously can take more if you find later that you need more information.  Find 3 more new academic sources as well as add 8 cards (100 words each) to your pile of notecards.  This assignment is due on Monday, January 23rd.

I will be back in school on Tuesday, inshallah.  Week 15 is due on Tuesday, be ready with your rubric COMPLETELY filled out.

Week 15: Notecards & Sources

This is your third week of note-taking.  You need to find 3 more academic sources as well as add 9 cards (100 words each) to your growing stack of notecards.  Since I will be in Prague with our MUN Club on Monday, this assignment is due on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.  Plan wisely this week, remember there is a school holiday on Wednesday, January 11th.

More on Outlining

Some of you have some questions on outlining, so I have uploaded two documents for you. 

The first is a sample skeletal outline like what we went over in class.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/77012850

The second is the outline that I had to do for my graduate school course.  This is more like what we will do in a few weeks.  This one obviously is more detailed and the direction we are heading in the future, not this week.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/77012902

The end is in sight!

Here is our plan/schedule for most of the rest of the year.

Week 14 (Jan 2) - Week 1 of Outlining
Week 15 (Jan 9) - Week 3 of Note-taking
Week 16 (Jan 16) - Week 4 of Note-taking
Week 17 (Jan 23) - End of 1st Semester - EXAM WEEK
Week 18 (Jan 30) - Week 2 of Outlining
   (Feb 6) - Mid Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
Week 19 (Feb 13) - Week 1 of Writing
Week 20 (Feb 20) - Week 2 of Writing
Week 21 (Feb 27) - Week 3 of Writing
Week 22 (Mar 5) - Week 4 of Writing
Week 23 (Mar 12) - Draft Due
Week 24 (Mar 19) - Final Revisions
Week 25 (Mar 26) - Presentation Rubric
  *FINAL Bound Capstone Paper Due, Monday, March 26th
Week 26 (Apr 2) - Presentation Rubric
  (Apr 9) - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
Week 27 (Apr 16) - Presentation Night 1 [Night TBA]
Week 28 (Apr 23)- Presentation Night 2 [Night TBA]

Week 14: Outlining

This week you are going to start outlining. We will do a second week of outlining later, but this is to help you narrow your focus and guide you as you are working on your note-taking.  You are to complete a skeletal outline of your Capstone paper.  It should include your thesis question, thesis statement and then the main ideas you plan to cover in your paper.  This assignment is due on Monday, January 9, 2012.